Our traditional culture is broad and profound, and the ancestors summed up a set of their own wisdom experience in the influence of our traditional culture. And these experiences are often expressed in plain and catchy colloquialisms in the folk, which can reflect the most simple values of the ancestors.
For example, there is a folk saying that "the white tiger value of the season moon is not suitable for three things", so what does this saying really mean?
In fact, this saying is derived from a life experience of the ancestors who tended to be lucky and avoided evil.
In ancient times, people often encountered many unknown phenomena, which brought great fear to our ancestors. Therefore, in order to avoid encountering some unknown disasters in life, people have studied the operation law of the natural sun and moon and the five elements of heaven and earth and the relationship between them through the summary and induction of historical experience. Such laws and relationships were called gods by the ancestors.
The "white tiger value" in the old ancestor's saying "the value of the white tiger in the month of the season, the three things should not be held" refers to the white tiger star god. There are twelve such star gods, and the White Tiger is one of them.
The "quarter month" in this saying refers to the March of the lunar calendar, and in ancient times, the third month of the lunar calendar was called the "quarter month". It just so happens that the day after tomorrow is the 27th of March in the lunar calendar, that is, the 27th of April in the Gregorian calendar, which is the "White Tiger Day", which is often referred to as "Underworld Day", as opposed to "Zodiac Day".
The so-called "three things are not suitable for holding" means that there are three things that are not suitable for this day.
First of all, it is not advisable to go out. In ancient times, people have long been accustomed to a home-centered life, and home will bring people a sense of security and belonging. And travel means facing the unknown and the lost. In order to pray for the safety of travel, people have summed up a lot of rules. One of them is that "Underworld Day" is not suitable for travel, and March 27 is the White Tiger Underworld Day, so such a day must not be suitable for travel.
Second, it is not advisable to take money.
The so-called wealth refers to the meaning of entering the wealth. Of course, if this day is the day of the payroll, it is naturally not included in it. The wealth here means the purchase of real estate, rent collection, debt collection, etc., which you can choose to enter or not enter.
The white tiger originally represented the fierce god, and in ancient cognition, the white tiger was a symbol of killing, so the white tiger day was generally the day of the ancient army conquest. Therefore, it is not suitable for collecting money on this day.
Third, it is not appropriate to marry.
There are three big things in life, one is birth, the second is marriage, and the third is death! At the same time, only these three big things will make your relatives and friends basically get together.
Therefore, the ancestors will attach great importance to the choice of time for marriage, and we often say "choose an auspicious day of the zodiac", that is, to choose a good day to hold the marriage. On March 27, however, it is the Day of the White Tiger and the Underworld, so it is not suitable for marriage.
The old ancestor's saying that "the white tiger value of the quarterly moon is not suitable for three things" actually has an explanation. Three of the three things refers to imaginary numbers, not to specific three things, but to "all things are not appropriate"!
This kind of exquisiteness of the ancestors is a superstitious statement in the eyes of many people, but in the social environment of ancient times, such a statement can bring psychological comfort to people. At the same time, such a saying is also the gradual evolution of the ancestors combining the ancient astrological culture and the theory of the five elements of yin and yang. It contains profound cultural connotations and historical heritage!